Job 41:8 “If you lay a hand on him, you will remember the battle and never repea…”

Job 41:8

If you lay a hand on him, you will remember the battle and never repeat it!

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Lay thine hand upon him, remember the battle, do no more.

World English Bible

Lay your hand on him. Remember the battle, and do so no more.

American Standard Version

Lay thy hand upon him; Remember the battle, and do so no more.

Geneva Bible 1599

One is ioyned to another: they sticke together, that they cannot be sundered.

Darby Translation

Lay thy hand upon him; remember the battle, — do no more!

Young's Literal Translation

Place on him thy hand, Remember the battle — do not add!

Bible in Basic English

Only put your hand on him, and see what a fight you will have; you will not do it again!

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Cross references

“Lay thine hand upon him, remember the battle, do no more.”

1 Kings 20:11 2 Kings 10:4 Luke 14:31 Luke 14:32

1 Kings 20:11 · BSB

And the king of Israel replied, “Tell him: ‘The one putting on his armor should not boast like one taking it off.’”

2 Kings 10:4 · BSB

But they were terrified and reasoned, “If two kings could not stand against him, how can we?”

Luke 14:31 · BSB

Or what king on his way to war with another king will not first sit down and consider whether he can engage with ten thousand men the one coming against him with twenty thousand?

Luke 14:32 · BSB

And if he is unable, he will send a delegation while the other king is still far off, to ask for terms of peace.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

7Can you fill his hide with harpoons or his head with fishing spears?

9Surely hope of overcoming him is false. Is not the sight of him overwhelming?

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